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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Elko, NV

April 10, 2012Nye County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Apr 10, 2012, 10:48 AM PDT for Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Apr 10, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2012, 10:48 AM PDT (17:48 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 10, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired
Apr 10, 2012, 7:00 PM PDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

County Nye County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2012-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2012-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3949 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

730 
WWUS75 KLKN 101748
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1048 AM PDT TUE APR 10 2012

NVZ040-041-110200-
/O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0018.120410T1800Z-120411T0200Z/
NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...
DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT
1048 AM PDT TUE APR 10 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY
FOR NORTHERN NYE COUNTY WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS
EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH STRONGEST WINDS
  FROM 1 PM TODAY THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... 
  CURRANT SUMMIT 

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TODAY.
  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY ON
  SUMMITS AND PASSES. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

JH
1 follow-up statement
827 
WWUS75 KLKN 110211
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
711 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2012

NVZ040-041-110315-
/O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120411T0200Z/
NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...
DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT
711 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2012

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED.

$$

RCM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 2:04 AM PDTRed Flag WarningLKN17 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.